Godi vs Cockroaches: The TV media campaign EXPOSED | TV Newsance is here 🪳

This week on TV Newsance, the tukde-tukde, anti-national, foreign CIA conspiracy is back! On July 20, close to one lakh students descended on Jantar Mantar over NEET paper leaks, and TV news had exactly one question: Which foreign hand is behind this? Arnab found the CIA. Sudhir found Kathmandu. Aman Chopra found Pakistan – because when has a protest in India ever just... been about the thing it's protesting? We break down the same tired four-step formula anchors have used since 2017: first, pick one unhinged bystander and frame his maddest statement as "the essence of the entire protest"; second, edit the whole event to show only one side — how unruly and brutal protesters are; third, tell them the system works but YOU don't; and finally, make sure no one asks who actually failed these students in the first place. But here’s what’s missing: 👉 The use of pellet guns, lathi charges and tear gas on unarmed protestors 👉 The acts of kindness and solidarity between protestors and the very cops sent to control them 👉 How the state unleashed a disproportionate law enforcement response on students demanding accountability We also go where the cameras conveniently didn't. Because behind the manufactured outrage was a story about pellet guns on Delhi's streets for the first time ever, a protest ground littered with lost shoes, and a crowd that had quietly stopped being about NEET at all. Watch the full episode to see the story TV news chose not to tell and decide for yourself who actually needs to answer some questions here. studentprotest jantarmantar cockroachjantaparty 00:00 – Welcome to the protest, Gen Z 00:56 – Police pitne ke liye nahi, sirf peetne ke liye hai? 01:13 – Thoda Pakistan daalo, Kashmir ka tadka lagao 01:39 – Arnab takes the protest international 02:36 – Protest naya, conspiracy wahi thakeli 03:18 – Independent media ka chhota sa reminder 04:13 – Godi Media’s Guide to Manufacturing Contempt 04:22 – Ek namoona = poora aandolan 07:25 – Edit the riot: Patthar dikhao, danda chhupao 09:28 – When policemen also support the protest 11:28 – One lakh protesters aur peeche reh gaye joote 12:13 – The system works. Tum nahi. 14:17 – Toppers celebrated, baaki cockroaches gaye tel lene 15:21 – Sudhir checks if protesters look educated 16:00 – Student protest mein mazdoor kya kar raha hai? 17:23 – Jantar Mantar: Desh ka therapy centre 18:18 – When the street becomes the only option 20:13 – Rahul Gandhi enters, prime time gets FOMO 21:30 – When the TV mic becomes a symbol of hate 22:48 – Protesters, Gandhi-giri needs discipline 23:47 – Trends end. Journalism shouldn’t. 26:22 – Stay mad, stay angry — but don’t be violent Love TV Newsance? Then support our work. Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://pages.razorpay.com/nlsm Join the NL-TNM Book Club: https://www.newslaundry.com/book-club Join us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va61PEo0QeacOqU9vr2k Download the accessible Newslaundry app: https://www.newslaundry.com/download-app Follow and engage with us on social media: Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry